Belt-fastener.



C. BRYANT.

BELT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8.1916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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BELT-FASTENER.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1911'? Application filed April 8, 1916. Serial No.89,828.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLIE BRYANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coin, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Fasteners; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and'efiicient beltfastener embodying means whereby the adjacent ends of a belt may behingedly connected and present a minimum degree of resistance in passingover a pulley.

With this and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a fragment of a belt, illustratingthe improved belt fastener applied thereto,

Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l,and

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of one of the hinge sectionsremoved.

Referring to the drawing, wherein similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5indicates a plurality of the fasteners, and G the adjacent ends of thebelt united by the fasteners 5. Each fastener includes a pair of hingesections 7 pivotally connected by a hinge rod 8, having angularlydirected ends 9, whereby the rod is retained in position with relationto the hinge sections.

Each hinge section 7 is formed at its inner terminal with a hook 10,which embraces the hinge rod 8 and the opposite end thereof is formedwith a longitudinal slit 11 forming a pair of clamping tongues 12.

One of the tongues of each hinge section is extended along the innersurface of the belt 6 and is positioned through a transverse aperture 13therein, thereby rigidly anchoring the hinge section in position in thebelt and the other tongue 12 is extended along the under surface of thebelt and disposed oppositely to the first-mentioned tongue 12.

What I claim is:

1. A belt fastener including a body plate having one end reduced andhooked, the opposite end of said hinge section being formed with aninwardly extending longitudinal slit defining a pair of oppositelydirected tongues adapted for insertion through a belt, the tongue lyingopposite the hook being provided with an angularly directed end adaptedto be anchored in one end of a belt.

2. In combination, a belt, a plurality of hinge sections secured to theadjacent ends of said belt, a hinge rod connecting said sections, eachhinge section including a body plate having one end hooked and engagedwith said hinge rod, and formed at its opposite end with an inwardlyextending slit defining a pair of tongues, one of said tongues beingextended outwardly toward the free end of said belt and along the innersurface of the latter and the other tongue being extended oppositely tothe first-mentioned tongue and provided with an angularly directed endpenetrating the belt.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLIE BRYANT.

Vv'itnesses A. W. Lis'ron, E. C. BRYANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

